title: Store-operated Ca2+ entry in sensory neurons: functional role and the effect of painful nerve injury.
abstract: Painful nerve injury disrupts levels of cytoplasmic and stored Ca(2+) in sensory neurons. Since influx of Ca(2+) may occur through store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) as well as voltage- and ligand-activated pathways, we sought confirmation of SOCE in sensory neurons from adult rats and examined whether dysfunction of SOCE is a possible pathogenic mechanism. Dorsal root ganglion neurons displayed a fall in resting cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration when bath Ca(2+) was withdrawn, and a subsequent elevation of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentration (40 ± 5 nm) when Ca(2+) was reintroduced, which was amplified by store depletion with thapsigargin (1 μm), and was significantly reduced by blockers of SOCE, but was unaffected by antagonists of voltage-gated membrane Ca(2+) channels. We identified the underlying inwardly rectifying Ca(2+)-dependent I(CRAC) (Ca(2+) release activated current), as well as a large thapsigargin-sensitive inward current activated by withdrawal of bath divalent cations, representing SOCE. Molecular components of SOCE, specifically STIM1 and Orai1, were confirmed in sensory neurons at both the transcript and protein levels. Axonal injury by spinal nerve ligation (SNL) elevated SOCE and I(CRAC). However, SOCE was comparable in injured and control neurons when stores were maximally depleted by thapsigargin, and STIM1 and Orai1 levels were not altered by SNL, showing that upregulation of SOCE after SNL is driven by store depletion. Blockade of SOCE increased neuronal excitability in control and injured neurons, whereas injured neurons showed particular dependence on SOCE for maintaining levels of cytoplasmic and stored Ca(2+), which indicates a compensatory role for SOCE after injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
authors.forename: Geza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gemes
authors.forename: Madhavi Latha Yadav
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bangaru
authors.forename: Hsiang-En
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qingbo
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weihrauch
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Koopmeiners
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cruikshank
authors.forename: Wai-Meng
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Quinn H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000293:injuries* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002118:Calcium